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Early American Gardens, published in 1970, was the first of three authoritative volumes of garden history by Ann Leighton. The 464-page masterwork of garden history was reissued in this paperback edition by University of Massachusetts Press in 1986. Concentrating on the gardens of the early settlers of New England, this volume deals with gardeners as well as the plants they depended upon for household aids, flavorings, drinks, and medicines. The well-illustrated, thorough, and scholarly volume is a book for history buffs as well as avid and inquisitive gardeners. Companion volumes by Ann Leighton American Gardens in the Eighteenth Century "For Use or for Delight" American Gardens of the Nineteenth Century "For Comfort and Affluence" No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Sadly, her prime goal seemed to be defending her Puritan ancestors, and using their gardening records as a platform for rehabilitating their image. And if she'd stuck to their letters, diaries, and notes, she would have succeeded: they were utterly charming pieces of writing. Instead, she made one maddening digression after another - bringing up and then glossing over the Salem witch trials, defending the Puritan's contentious relationship with the local Indian tribes by calling said tribes "truly simple savages", describing the men as lazy, suggested that they were simply irritated because the Puritans treated their women so much better, and wrapped up this topic by dismissing the Indian contribution to American herbal knowledge. She also thought it was appropriate to relay a "humorous" anecdote about a slave who didn't want to be raped. I'd like to point out that the copyright in my edition is 1970. The combination of her brittle, ironic, upper-crust writing style and her bigotry made her sound much like a Nazi version of Martha Stewart.
Lastly, she should have avoided talking about herbs, because she was wrong an awful lot.
I swore a lot while reading this book.
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